Bug#840119: Cannot disable pdiffs

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 14:30:51 +0200 Michael Stapelberg
<stapelberg@debian.org> wrote:
> Thanks for that hint. Indeed, once I renamed the config fragment to
> 99disable-pdiffs, apt-config dump showed the expected result.
> 
> Given that you'™re also a maintainer for apt-file, could you explain why
> apt-file enables pdiffs for these additional (?) files in the first place?
> Can it not just inherit the Acquire::PDiffs setting?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> [...]

Hi,

PDiffs gives a much higher download saving for Contents files than
Packages files.  Furthermore with apt's recent improvements of PDiffs,
the cost are also a lot smaller than they used to be.

At this date, I suspect the vast majority will have faster downloads
with Contents file using PDiffs rather than downloading the full
Contents files each time.  Your mileage is apparently different.

Thanks,
~Niels